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45th Chess Olympiad R8: Gukesh, Arjun and Vidit ensure India squashes Iran, increase their sole lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/09/2024

Indian men continue their impressive winning streak at 45th Chess Olympiad. Iran lost to India 0.5-3.5 to score their eighth consecutive win. D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and Vidit Gujrathi scored the wins for the team over Parham Maghsoodloo, Bardiya Daneshvar and Pouya Idani respectively. Only R Praggnanandhaa conceded the sole draw of the match against M Amin Tabatabaei. India is at a perfect score after eight rounds 16/16. Uzbekistan and Hungary are the only two teams trailing them at 14/16 each. India will face Uzbekistan in Round 9. The Indian Women's team suffered their first loss of the event against Poland. IM Divya Deshmukh scored the sole win. IM Vantika Agrawal also had winning chances but she missed them and it ended in a draw. Poland and Kazakhstan join India in a three-way lead 14/16 each. India vs USA in the Women in Round 9 which starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Magnus Carlsen makes an important statement at FIDE100 awards

"Thanks a lot. It feels kind of strange to be receiving this award while I am still an active player. Right now, I am honestly more concerned about Norway's match against Vietnam. As far as I can see, it is still going on. I am of course happy to get this award but in my personal opinion, I still think that Garry Kasparov has had a better career than I have. I understand why I got this award but I still think he is more deserving. I would say at least in Garry's honor, I am sure he would take the opportunity to advice against reinstating the Russian and Belarusian Chess Federation. So that is what I will do as well." - Magnus Carlsen's speech at the FIDE100 awards.

Arjun Erigaisi played fantastic chess against Bardiya Daneshvar | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

45th Chess Olympiad 2024 Official logo | Photo: Official site

Open: Iran - India: 0.5-3.5

This year GM D Gukesh (2764) remained undefeated against GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2723) in Classical rated games. Gukesh won their encounter at 86th Tata Steel Masters and then drew their next battle at 6th Prague Masters. Parham thrives on complicated positions, so he wanted to create a mess on the board in the middlegam, Gukesh welcomed him.

Parham - Gukesh

Position after 23...Ng4!

Gukesh invited his opponent to take the g7-pawn 23...Ng4! 24.Rd1 Ne7 25.Bxg7 Nf5 a fork in a complicated and sharp position utilizing the existing relative pin and also threatening a discover attack if White takes the g4-knight 26.Qf4 Nxg7 27.Rxb6 White has three pawns for the lost bishop f5 28.h3 Ne5 29.Nc4?? was the final mistake by White Qxc4 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Qxe5 Rd1 32.Rb3 Qf1+ 33.Kf3 Qh1+ 34.Kf4 Rd5 and Black won.

Parham Maghsoodloo - D Gukesh, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

D Gukesh scored his sixth win of the event | Photo: Amruta Mokal

R Praggnanandhaa conceded a half point to M Amin Tabatabaei | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Earlier this year, GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) played his only Classical rated game against GM Bardiya Daneshvar (2598) at 7th Sharjah Masters. It ended in a draw. Arjun has grown a lot stronger in the past few months and it was evident in this game.

Bardiya - Arjun

Position after 20.Be3?

Bardiya ignored the propensity of Arjun's chances after 20...Bxh4 21.gxh4 f5 22.Bxd4 cxd4 23.Qc5 f4 24.Rf2 b6 25.Qb4 f3 26.Bf1 Bh5 27.Kh1 Rf6 and Black went on to win the game.

Bardiya Daneshvar - Arjun Erigaisi, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with Arjun Erigaisi | Video: ChessBase India

GM Arjun Erigaisi registered his seventh win out of eight games | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) has never lost a Classical rated game against GM Pouya Idani (2599). That did not change yesterday.

Vidit - Pouya

Position after 19...Rc8

Pouya ignored something obvious 20.h6 when he played 19...Rc8 Black's pieces lack coordination. So it is not possible for him to launch a proper attack on the queenside. 20...g6 21.Qd2 Nf6 22.Rhe1 Rec7 23.a3 Nd7 24.f4 e5 25.axb4 and White won the game comfortably.

Vidit Gujrathi - Pouya Idani, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

GM Vidit Gujrathi scored his fifth win out of seven games | Photo: Maria Emelianova/chess.com

Iran - India: 0.5-3.5
Liem Quang Le - Magnu Carlsen, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Magnus Carlsen (NOR) proved Liem Quang Le's (VIE) queen sacrifice to be incorrect, finishing with a queen sacrifice of his own, only to promote a new queen and win the game | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza
Magnus Carlsen's speech after receiving the Best Chess player award | Video: George Mastrokoukos

Garry Kasparov voiced his solidarity towards Magnus Carlsen and his thoughts in a tweet: Indeed I would, and do! In more ways than one, I could hardly wish for a better successor than Magnus. It isn't required to have great character to be a great chessplayer, so it is doubly impressive for him to achieve both.

Magnus Carlsen's coach GM Peter Heine Nielsen (DEN) also applauded his efforts

Upsets:

Vietnam - Norway: 2-2

Georgia - Netherlands: 2-2

Italy - Azerbaijan: 2-2

Czech Republic - Moldova: 2-2

Cuba - Israel: 2.5-1.5

Bulgaria - Brazil: 1.5-2.5

Hungary B - Belgium: 2-2

Ireland - Australia: 2-2

Faroe Islands - Switzerland: 2-2

Latvia - Scotland: 1.5-2.5

Women: Poland - India: 1.5-2.5

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) and GM R Vaishali (2498) lost to IM Alina Kashlinskaya (2490) and GM Monika Socko (2422). IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) scored the sole win of the team against IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (2404). IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) was held to a draw by WIM Alicja Sliwicka (2373).

Alina - Harika

Position after 32.Kg2

In the above position, Harika made the mistake of giving a check 32...Nh4+ 33.Kh2 now Black must allow the exchange of her bishop with her opponent's knight, landing herself in an inferior endgame Rd8 34.Nxd7 Rfxd7 35.hxg4 Black is lost in this endgame. 32...Bf5 33.Nxa8 Bxc2 would have kept things in balance and continued the fight. Harika suffered her first loss in a Classical rated game against Alina in over five years.

 

Divya seized her opportunity when her opponent, Aleksandra blundered a pawn in a queen and minor piece endgame.

IM Divya Deshmukh has scored an unbeaten 7/8 so far | Photo: Maria Emelianova/chess.com

Vantika - Alicja

Position after 55...Qa8

Vantika had a substantial advantage for the better part of the game. Her last chance was i n the above position. 56.Bc4 threatening a6 would have kept her upper hand. Black cannot take the pawn as Re8+ ends the game in a hurry. Instead, she missed and blundered 56.Qe4 now Qxa5 is safe to capture as Qe8+ no longer has the same effect as it would have had with a rook.

Captain GM Abhijit Kunte explaining IM Vantika Agrawal what she missed | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Replay Poland - India games

Poland - India: 2.5-1.5

Fifth Women's World Champion and first Woman to earn the Grandmaster title - Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO), the legend, made the first move on IM Alina Kashlinskaya (POL) and GM Harika Dronavalli's board | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

D Gukesh, Liem Quang Le (VIE) and Vidit Gujrathi sign autographs for their fans before their respective games | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Upsets

Georgia - Bulgaria: 2-2

Netherlands - Germany: 2-2

Azerbaijan - Italy: 2-2

Iran - Greece: 2.5-1.5

Bangladesh - Sweden: 2.5-1.5

Norway - Mexico: 1.5-2.5

Cuba - Ireland: 2-2

Hungary B - Moldova: 1.5-2.5

Replay live stream

Replay Round 8 Live Commentary by Amruta Mokal, IM Sagar Shah and GM Harshit Raja | Video: ChessBase India

Video Gallery

Round 8 recap by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with debutant team - Isle of Man | Video: ChessBase India
Final moments of India's win over Iran and its aftermath | Video: ChessBase India
India Open Captain - GM Srinath Narayanan tells a little bit about behind the scenes | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with Zina Mechiat, LOC Head of Communications | Video: ChessBase India
Gukesh fever in Budapest | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with Bhutan Women's team | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with team Slovakia | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with WFM Ewan Sawan | Video: ChessBase India

Schedule

Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST from 11th to 22nd September 2024. The final round on 22nd September starts 11 a.m. IST. Rest day is on 17th September.

Replay Round 8 Open games

Replay Round 8 Women games

Round 8 Open results

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
110
IRIIran2013½:1423½IndiaIND
2
29
HUNHungary *)18½12:1219ArmeniaARM
17
316
SRBSerbia1912:1220½UzbekistanUZB
4
41
USAUnited States of America20½11:1119½FranceFRA
14
53
CHNChina1911:1118½RomaniaROU
18
621
VIEVietnam19½112:21119½NorwayNOR
6
732
GEOGeorgia20112:21017½NetherlandsNED
5
87
GERGermany2010:½1019CroatiaCRO
27
98
ENGEngland17½10:1018½LithuaniaLTU
29
1028
ITAItaly17½102:21018½AzerbaijanAZE
12
1113
ESPSpain1910:1017DenmarkDEN
30
1233
ARGArgentina17½101:31017½UkraineUKR
15
1319
CZECzech Republic20½102:21017½MoldovaMDA
34
1435
CUBCuba17½10:1019IsraelISR
20
1536
MNEMontenegro17½10:1018½TurkiyeTUR
22
1624
BULBulgaria18½10:1018½BrazilBRA
39
1761
ANDAndorra16½10½:1020SloveniaSLO
26
1811
POLPoland179:1021North MacedoniaMKD
62
1945
SGPSingapore17½91:3917½GreeceGRE
23
2025
HUNHungary B17½92:2916½BelgiumBEL
49

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.SNoFED TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
12IND
India8800162622781
24UZB
Uzbekistan870114204,52375
39HUN
Hungary8701141922181
43CHN
China861113206,521,585
51USA
United States of America861113201,52374
610IRI
Iran86111318720,582
721VIE
Vietnam85211219721,581
87GER
Germany86021219623,569
913ESP
Spain860212194,521,575
1015UKR
Ukraine860212193,520,580

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Round 9 pairings

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
12
INDIndia2716:1423UzbekistanUZB
4
21
USAUnited States of America2313:1421Hungary *)HUN
9
33
CHNChina21½13:1320½IranIRI
10
46
NORNorway21½12:1223½SloveniaSLO
26
517
ARMArmenia20½12:1223½GermanyGER
7
68
ENGEngland2012:1221½VietnamVIE
21
722
TURTurkiye2112:1221½SpainESP
13
815
UKRUkraine20½12:1222GeorgiaGEO
32
935
CUBCuba2012:1220½SerbiaSRB
16
105
NEDNetherlands19½11:1221BrazilBRA
39
1119
CZECzech Republic22½11:1119½PolandPOL
11
1223
GREGreece20½11:1120½AzerbaijanAZE
12
1314
FRAFrance2111:1119½ItalyITA
28
1418
ROURomania2011:1118½AustriaAUT
31
1534
MDAMoldova19½11:1020½IsraelISR
20
1654
PORPortugal2110:1020BulgariaBUL
24
1756
FINFinland18½10:1019½Hungary BHUN
25
1858
PARParaguay2110:1019½CroatiaCRO
27
1929
LTULithuania2010:1019½Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH
57
2059
URUUruguay20½10:1018½DenmarkDEN
30

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Round 8 Women pairings

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
13
POLPoland20½12:1421½IndiaIND
1
214
HUNHungary *)21½11:1118UkraineUKR
5
310
KAZKazakhstan20½12:1220FranceFRA
13
42
GEOGeorgia18112:21119BulgariaBUL
12
534
UZBUzbekistan1811½:1120½United States of AmericaUSA
7
617
NEDNetherlands18112:21120GermanyGER
8
711
ARMArmenia2011:½1118MongoliaMGL
18
828
SLOSlovenia17½100:41022½ChinaCHN
4
96
AZEAzerbaijan17½102:21017ItalyITA
24
109
ESPSpain2010:½1017½SlovakiaSVK
32
1115
ENGEngland19½103:11017½LithuaniaLTU
45
1216
TURTurkiye1810:1019½PhilippinesPHI
47
1370
MASMalaysia1810½:1020½VietnamVIE
20
1421
SUISwitzerland19½103:11020TurkmenistanTKM
73
1539
PERPeru189:917SerbiaSRB
19
1637
IRIIran209:917GreeceGRE
23
1744
COLColombia1791:3918½IsraelISR
25
1846
AUSAustralia1691:3916CanadaCAN
27
1948
BELBelgium1791:3916AustriaAUT
30
2062
BANBangladesh17½9:917½SwedenSWE
33

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.SNoFED TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
11IND
India870114237,52387
23POL
Poland8620142332380
310KAZ
Kazakhstan870114205,52378
47USA
United States of America861113226,52480
511ARM
Armenia861113219,523,581
65UKR
Ukraine853013192,520,580
74CHN
China86021223926,578
821SUI
Switzerland860212198,522,577
920VIE
Vietnam8602121972472
109ESP
Spain86021219023,570

Details

Round 9 pairings

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
110
KAZKazakhstan2314:1423PolandPOL
3
227
CANCanada1911:1123Hungary *)HUN
14
37
USAUnited States of America2413:1423IndiaIND
1
45
UKRUkraine20½13:1323½ArmeniaARM
11
513
FRAFrance21½12:1220GeorgiaGEO
2
64
CHNChina26½12:1220½TurkiyeTUR
16
78
GERGermany2212:1222½EnglandENG
15
817
NEDNetherlands2012:1223½SpainESP
9
912
BULBulgaria2112:1224VietnamVIE
20
1021
SUISwitzerland22½12:1119½AzerbaijanAZE
6
1118
MGLMongolia18½11:1119AustriaAUT
30
1219
SRBSerbia19½11:1118½UzbekistanUZB
34
1324
ITAItaly1911:1122½IranIRI
37
1425
ISRIsrael21½11:1119½MexicoMEX
51
1526
ARGArgentina20½10:1120BangladeshBAN
62
1647
PHIPhilippines2110:1020½RomaniaROU
22
1750
FINFinland2110:1017½SloveniaSLO
28
1832
SVKSlovakia1810:1019EgyptEGY
52
1956
BIHBosnia & Herzegovina1810:1019LatviaLAT
36
2061
MDAMoldova18½10:1019EstoniaEST
38

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